ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2017
The Natural History of Oral Human Papillomavirus in Young Costa Rican Women.
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- Detection and natural history of HPV infection of oral cavity and tonsils - a systematic literature review.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Low Rates of Dual-Site and Concordant Oral-Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cancers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Comparing In Vitro Virucidal Efficacy of Commercially Available Mouthwashes Against Native High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Types 16 and 18.Microorganisms · 2025Article
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- Oncogenic Oral Human Papillomavirus Clearance Patterns over 10 Years.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2024Article
- Impact of HPV vaccination on HPV-related oral infections.Oral oncology · 2023Article
- Transmission and clearance of human papillomavirus infection in the oral cavity and its role in oropharyngeal carcinoma - A review.Reviews in medical virology · 2023Review
- Human Papillomavirus Oral Infection: Review of Methodological Aspects and Epidemiology.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Salivary High-Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA as a Biomarker for HPV-Driven Head and Neck Cancers.The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD · 2021Article
- An economic and disease transmission model of human papillomavirus and oropharyngeal cancer in Texas.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Long-term Persistence of Oral HPV Over 7 Years of Follow-up.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2020Article
- Oral manifestations of human papillomavirus infections.European journal of oral sciences · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundOral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and related oropharyngeal cancer are uncommon in lower-income countries, particularly compared to HPV-associated cervical cancer. However, little is known about the natural history of oral HPV in less-developed settings and how it compares to the natural history of cervical HPV.
methodsThree hundred fifty women aged 22 to 33 years from the Costa Rica Vaccine Trial provided exfoliated cells from the cervical and oral regions at 2 visits 2 years apart. Samples from both visits were tested for 25 characterized α HPV types by the SPF10 PCR-DNA enzyme immunoassay-LiPA25 version 1 system. Risk factors for oral HPV persistence were calculated utilizing generalized estimating equations with a logistic link.
resultsAmong the 82 women with characterized α oral HPV DNA detected at baseline, 14 persisted and were detected 2 years later (17.6%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 10.9-28.5%) and was similar to the persistence of α cervical HPV (40/223; 17.7%; 95% CI, 13.1-23.9%; P = 0.86). Acquisition of new α oral HPV type was low; incident infection (1.7%; 95% CI, 0.6-3.7%).
conclusionsOral HPV DNA is uncommon in young women in Latin America, and often appears to clear within a few years at similar rates to cervical HPV.
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